Funeral arrangements and visitation were entrusted to Jeremiah C. Gaffney's Funeral Home, with a service at Gaffney's Friendship Chapel. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery in Staten Island.

Agnes Greco

Seamstress

Agnes Greco, a longtime Far Rockaway and Rockaway Beach resident, died May 15 at the East Rockaway Nursing Home. She was 86.

Greco was born in San Arsenio, Italy and came to the United States as a youth with her family. She was a seamstress and a member of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Matteo and Chaira Greco; and siblings, Celia Greco, Ann Brandenberg, Josephine Miles, Nicolina Ippolito, Matthew Greco and Nicholas Greco.

Greco is survived by her siblings, Theresa Quadrozzi, Claire Havel and Dorothy Ferrante.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Meserole Funeral Home Inc. in Inwood. A Funeral Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Inwood. Interment was at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, where Greco was buried with her parents.

Lucille Hazzard

Homemaker

Lucille Hazzard, a longtime Rockaway resident, died May 17.

Hazzard, a homemaker, was born in Abbeyville, South Carolina on June 24, 1910. According to family members, she was respected by everyone and was a true Christian.

Hazzard was preceded in death by her children, Florine, Charles and Annette; siblings, James, Mae Francis, Rosa, Eula and David; and grandchildren, Ibraheim, Charles Jr., Tony and Ernest Jr.

She is survived by her children, Robert, Beatrice, Celaine and Faith; 74 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral arrangements and visitation were entrusted to Jeremiah C. Gaffney's Funeral Home, with a service at Gaffney's Friendship Chapel. Interment was at Amityville Cemetery in Amityville, New York.

Donnie Jasper

Retired Truck Driver

Donnie Jasper, a longtime Far Rockaway resident, died April 29. He was 76.

Jasper, a retired truck driver, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 19, 1931. He was baptized and became a member of the First Church of God in Christ in Far Rockaway.

Funeral arrangements and visitation were entrusted to Jeremiah C. Gaffney's Funeral Home, with a service at Gaffney's Friendship Chapel. Interment was at Pinelawn Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.

Kevin John Laffaye

Taxi Dispatcher

Kevin John Laffaye, a resident of Lawrence, died May 16 at Peninsula Hospital Center. He was 59.

Laffaye was born in Manhattan. He worked as a dispatcher for Towne Taxi Service at the Lawrence Railroad Station. Laffaye served his country in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.

He is survived by his wife, Linda (nee Forman); daughter, Kelly; sister, Vivian Murphy of Houston, Texas; brothers, Thomas Laffaye of Inwood and John Laffaye of Long Island City; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Meserole Funeral Home Inc. of Inwood. A Funeral Mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Inwood. Interment was at Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton, New York.

Millie M. Lawton

Homemaker

Millie M. Lawton, a Rockaway resident for 35 years, died May 11.

Lawton, a homemaker, was born on September 8, 1910. She was the National Director of the Missing Angel Foundation for Stillbirth Research.

Lawton was preceded in death by her husband, Gus Olsen, and grandsons, Andy and Robert M. Olsen.

She is survived by her sons, Robert M. Olsen of Atlanta, Georgia and Richard K. Olsen of Phoenix, Arizona; grandsons, Peter Olsen of Kalispell, Montana and Scott Olsen of Atlanta, Georgia; and great-grandchildren, Caitlin and Lindsay Olsen, and Andy and Jeff Olsen.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Denis S. O'Connor Funeral Home. A Memorial Mass was celebrated by Bishop Thomas O'Brien at St. Francis Xavier Church in Phoenix, Arizona.

Louise Staton Masteller

Homemaker

Louise Staton Masteller, a Rockaway resident for over 45 years, died May 15.

Masteller, a homemaker, was born in Robersonville, North Carolina on August 10, 1920.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Hattie Clark and Alfred Staton.